ABOUT RIABIZ

RIABiz is an online journal covering the financial advice business. Our Mill Valley, Calif.-based publication rose from the wreckage of the 2008 financial meltdown and the tattering of printed trade publications. RIABiz uses sourced journalism and editorial analysis to capture the rise of new models for providing client-first financial advice against the backdrop of Wall Street's decline. After nine years in business, RIABiz knows readers properly binge on the NetFlix-worthy action when we put the story in words the freshest data, facts, context, photographs -- and drama.

THE TEAM

Brooke Southall

Principal, Reporter

Brooke is known locally in Sausalito, Calif. as a cyclist, houseboater, and the guy with the huge black dog. On the web he's known as a regular voice on the happenings of the RIA business. He started RIABiz in 2009 after deciding the industry could use a more focused channel of information, which has proven to be the case. Brooke oversees the flow of articles on RIABiz, but still gets to spend a considerable amount of time reporting and writing. Somehow he manages to pump out story after story despite the frequently crashing of his Windows 7 laptop and his hunt-and-peck typing method.

Frank Noto

Principal, CEO

Frank hails from the Garden State, and regardless of being here in the Bay Area for over 25 years, he's always rooting hard for his beloved Yankees. Frank heads-up the RIABiz advertising program, along with tending to his duties of managing our business and financial operations. He's been in publishing within the advisory market since starting at InvestmentNews in 2000, at about the same time Brooke became the RIA-beat reporter for our former employer. He lives with his wife, Roni, along with their 3 daughters and a goldendoodle in San Anselmo. Almost every day, Frank is running the trails around Mt Tamalpais.

Keith Girard

Managing Editor

Keith’s career began in Washington, D.C., as a reporter for The Washington Post. He served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Record, Maryland’s largest legal and business newspaper, InvestmentNews and Billboard magazine. He was also senior vice president and editorial director of HNW Inc., a custom publishing company serving high-net-worth clients. His column, “Business Intelligence,” has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CBSNews.com and other publications. He’s also contributed to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Keith lives in New York City when he’s not visiting his grand kids in Maryland.

Lisa Shidler

Contributing Reporter

Lisa has been a reporter for over 15 years and has been covering the financial services industry for 8 years - she also comes from the world of InvestmentNews. She's been with RIABiz since November 2010. Lisa is based in the middle of the country on the northwest corner of Indiana, about an hour from Chicago. She's married with two young children – Liz and Chance.

Oisin Breen

Contributing Reporter

A Dublin native, Oisin has spent the last nine years living in Edinburgh, Scotland and the past three writing about finance, including one whirlwind year deep-sea diving into the world of RIAs, which he now can't get enough of. Prior to writing for RIABiz, Oisin was a jobbing FX and equities writer for a London-based trading firm, as well as a teacher, and remains a writer of long-form experimental poetry. Alongside his writing, Oisin continues to toil on a part-time basis in academia, where he is mired in a doctoral research topic into the structure of narrative. He's also married - to an Australian who tries her best to avoid temperatures over 68 degrees fahrenheit. They own four Scottish rabbits.

John and Dawn Kodin

Managers of RIABiz Directory, Advertising representatives

John and Dawn live in the Northwest in Bellingham, Washington, are avid outdoors people, and are really into road bicycles, hiking and motorcycles. They have been managing the Directory since its launch in 2010. They are excited to see the continued growth of RIABiz and the Directory in the past few years, as the Directory approaches 900 companies involved in the RIA marketplace. John and Dawn are also part of our ad sales team.

Robin Riley

Senior Vice President

Robin joined RIABiz in September, 2016. She’s been in publishing all her career and specifically within the financial advisory market since 2000. To date she’s covered just about every territory in the country seeing her clients & enjoys it very much, as she’s passionate about the business & loves the challenge. She lives with her husband George and they share their time between New York City and Rowayton, CT.

Graham Thomas

Senior Vice President

If Graham wasn't working to sell advertising for RIABiz, he might be writing its articles and, in fact, sometimes does. Despite working in financial advisory publishing since 1999, he never stops asking questions and spreading his contagious enthusiasm. He started in San Francisco with Research magazine before spending eight years with InvestmentNews. He lives in Chicago with his wife and their two young daughters.

Terence Hong

Head Site Engineer

Terence maintains the RIABiz website and email system. He has a background in pediatric medical imaging research, and first ventured into software engineering when his work called for manipulating large data sets. Terence enjoys big data challenges and is currently located in Toronto, Canada.